Player:Wossoo
| Player |
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| Wossoo |
| Kingdom |
| Lomaner |
| Server |
| Serenity |
| Settlement |
| Minowick |
| Profession |
| Politician Priest of Fo |
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Arthurio (CM) |
Wossoo (also known as The Dragonslayer and King of Lomaner) joined Wurm in October 2005 during the final beta map. He has played the game consistently since then and has also been on the Wurm team since around 2008. He is most known for being a Game Master and former Public Relations Manager. He also gained notoriety as leader of the short-lived Epic cluster player-made kingdom called Lomaner, based on the backstory kingdom of the same name. He is also credited with a startup quote, indicating that he is an early dragonslayer. Since he has played Wurm since late 2005, he is considered to be one of the oldest players in the game, with a Wurm history spanning near a real world decade.
"Hold your ground, don't let her pass!"
Wossoo the Dragonslayer
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Notable Achievements
Freedom Cluster
His main achievements on the Freedom Cluster include becoming a Jenn-Kellon Champion of Magranon in February 2009 under the old 3 lives and permadeath system. His champion status was removed when the champion system was changed in 2011. He has held many political roles on Chaos, including Mayor of Camelot, a founding Mol-Rehan settlement, and held the noble office of Court Announcer under Chancellor Taya's government. Almost immediately after converting to Jenn-Kellon, he was promoted to the noble offices of Earl Marshal and Royal Herald, and was decorated as a Defender of the Crown under Grand Prince Pedro.
Epic Cluster
Wossoo joined the Epic Cluster the day it was opened in October 2011, and on that day founded Lomaner, a player-made kingdom that he had become self-styled leader of since November 2006. Lomaner was difficult to control politically and due to real-world constraints, Wossoo was unable to dedicate the time required to bring all factions of the kingdom together. Eventually, after significant portions of the kingdom left for Horde of the Summoned, Wossoo judged that the best option would be to appoint Agentusp as Crown Regent. Lomaner came under heavy assault from Horde of the Summoned, who were aided by a dominated Black Dragon, and fell shortly afterwards. Lomaner was based on the backstory kingdom of the same name.
After the fall of Lomaner under Crown Regent Agentusp, Wossoo was forced to join Jenn-Kellon as The Exiled King of Lomaner, and last remaining member of the Order of the Golden Unicorn of Lomaner. He got involved in Jenn-Kellon politics becoming Information Minister under Grand Prince Michieldewit and later Royal Herald under Grand Princess Judicator. He was also appointed to the Order of the Northern Star.
Wurm Team
After first becoming a Player Assistant in 2008, Wossoo was promoted to Chat and Forum Moderator in 2009. In June 2010 Wossoo was invited to become a Game Master in June 2010 under the name Poseidon. Wossoo became Public Relations Manager (PRM) on Rolf's invitation in 2012. As PRM, he founded a brand new Public Relations department, creating the role of Public Relations Assistant (PRA) . He remains a GM, and remains an advisor in the PR Department, but stepped down as PRM in 2013 in recognition of Redbaron_Johan being hired as Marketing and PR Manager.
Histories
Wossoo has a long hisory in Wurm spanning nearly a decade. Some dates and places may be slightly out of order and other things may have become lost in time.
This is all, to be the best of my knowledge, a true story.
Final Beta
Wossoo's story in final beta lasts from October 31st 2005 until just before 6th June 2006.
The Adventure Begins
Wossoo began his journey in Wurm on October 31st, 2005. He was 13 years old. His brother introduced him to the game. He spawned into Newtown and discovered very quickly that it was possible to terraform and change the landscape. He was immediately hooked. While attempting to build low stone walls around a small enclosure with his brother, he was killed by a black wolf. The brothers decided that they would be safer in a mine. Luckily, across the bay near Greentown existed a small open mine which the brothers moved into. It is said that Wossoo mined a Ruby on his first ever mining action.
Their safety was short-lived, and a Horde of the Summoned by the name of Pedro found them in their mine, and slaughtered them both dead. This was Wossoo's first taste of PvP. The brothers soon found that their plan of living alone was not going to work very well, and when the kind Mayor Goglepox of Greentown offered them basic tools and some land in his town, they joined soon after.
While at Greentown, Wossoo's brother decided to become inactive after various Horde of the Summoned attacked and destroyed their things. They also fell victim to the notorious Hamm the Thief, Newlaurethwl and Cerriuluswl(sp?). Undeterred, Wossoo had his revenge on the latter two by destroying their farmlands.
Eventually Wossoo decided to establish himself nearer to Newtown, and built a small shack outside the city walls. It was here that he first met Rudie and they made some fish steaks. Desperate for supplies, Wossoo also broke into Avalon Tree Farm, owned by Barakus - a player who would later become Head Game Master. Unfortunately, being so close to Newtown brought its own problems. After repeated attacks by Horde of the Summoned, he decided to accept Ranger's offer to join Iron Canyon.
The Iron Canyon
Iron Canyon was Wossoo's first real experience of life in a settlement. It was a rustic settlement, surrounded by wooden palisade walls instead of the usual tall stone walls. It was situated very close to the white light and so Wossoo was able to visit it on a regular basis to pray to Fo. He met some long-time friends at Iron Canyon, including Kingen (whom he taught to make bricks), Vafaan (Peo) and Chromega. He also met someone in the village who was, by massive coincidence, only 4 hours older than himself in the real world.
Iron Canyon was attacked by blacklighters from time to time, and Wossoo first met Playtimesover (PTO) here after he brought a unicorn to the village. It was during this time that Wossoo first began chatting to Sal in Kingdom chat, who would later become a good friend.
Over time Ranger had less time to play Wurm, and Iron Canyon descended into inactivity. Feeling alone, Wossoo decided to wander a little and attempt to find cows to sell to Dreammaster, the Mayor of Kyara, for five silver coins each. He also attempted on many times to convert to Horde of the Summoned. He was forever unsuccessful, but eventually joined forces with Playtimesover on a secret mission to convert and spy on blacklighters directly.
Leersum and the end of beta
Once they had finished their mission, Playtimesover the war leader moved back and joined the town his twin brother Tdekker had set up. The town was called Leersum, and Wossoo joined soon afterwards to help build. Leersum had close access to blacklighters deeds and likewise came under attack on a regular basis. It is said that Wossoo very much enjoyed his time with the twins Tdekker and Playtimesover, and this would end up dividing his loyalties in the future. He also met :Lardo at Leersum.
While he lived in Leersum, the Gods announced that there would be a month of 12x skillgain to simulate a year of skill grinding in preparation for the release of Wurm in Gold 1. Wossoo never really took much advantage of this extra skillgain because it was his first armageddon, which always seems to hurt the most, and he was angry about it.
Gold 1
Gold 1 lasted from the 6th June 2006 until April 25th 2007.
New Beginnings
Wurm went gold on the 6th June 2006. A perfect 6-6-6. Sadly since he was so young he was worried that he would be unable to become a premium player. In the end his parents relented and allowed him to subscribe for two months at a time. This was not enough to allow Wossoo to become a Keeper of Truth with a Master Bag of Keeping for buying a year's worth of premium in the first week of Gold, but it did allow him to become Ageless with a regular Bag of Keeping.
Initially he had trouble with huge spiders, which had just been implemented. They were much stronger than they are now, and even that was besides the point when everyone was starting from scratch. He had spawned on the original and first ever non-PvP server - the Home Server. In order to get to the Wild Server to join Tdekker and Playtimesover in Leersum, he had to swim a very long way. This was well before the times of horses and boats, but it was what had to be done.
The Second Leersum
Wossoo never quite made it to Leersum, but at least he made it to the Wild Server. Happily, Leersum was situated along the coast from the white light so it was easy to find. In these days, Wossoo like nearly everyone else had started to chose his skills and grind them up a little bit in order to be useful. Tdekker and Playtimesover used to spend most of their time exploring and searching (successfully) for dragon eggs. Wossoo held the role of Foreign Advisor of Leersum, advising on how to deal with other villages.
Not much else is remembered by Wossoo about these times, but it is clear that it came to an end quite suddenly. Back in those days, Horde of the Summoned were seen as an elite group of PvP fighters and anyone with high fighting was invited to join. Tdekker caught the eye of Libilian Outlaws and so he was recruited, leaving Leersum behind. Wossoo was not sure exactly where to go until a surprise offer came from Lardo.
First taste of power: Sparta
Lardo had asked Wossoo to become co-Mayor of Sparta and look after it while he was unable to play Wurm. It had few if any citizens, so Wossoo was pretty much left in charge of the deed and made improvements and developments as he saw fit. Sparta was situated near to Haven, whose mayor was Sal. Wossoo and Sal became friends, although they sometimes had arguments over land. Haven was certainly the larger deed by far, but Wossoo wanted to ensure that Sparta controlled as much hunting land as possible. Living on Eye Spy mountain behind Sparta was Hacking. The two became extremely good friends and that strong friendship continues to this day.
While at Sparta, Wossoo took part in some kingdom PvP activities and was active in ventrilo. He was present at the Battle of Syphilis on 3rd August 2006 and escaped the battle itself alive after logging off in the woods for the night. He was eventually killed by a rabid hyena after becoming lost in the woods the next day.
Eventually, it emerged that Haven was going to disband. On first glance this might seem like a good thing for Wossoo's Sparta but this is not the case at all. In actual fact, Libilian Outlaws had set up their town directly across the great lake from Sparta and so Sparta relied on Haven for protection. Wossoo knew this spelt doom for Sparta, so he decided to abandon his co-Mayorship and asked Tdekker if he could join Horde of the Summoned, becoming a traitor in the eyes of the whitelighters. Lardo found out eventually, disbanded Sparta, and quit.
Meeting Libila
Wossoo had always wanted to join a great blacklight deed and this was his chance. Tdekker came across the great lake one day, and converted Wossoo to the Horde of the Summoned. They crossed the lake together, and Wossoo was admitted to join Libilian Outlaws. He felt priviliged to be a part of this famous village, and took a liking to the new customs and way of playing the game that came with being a follower of Libila.
Unfortunately, his time as a blacklighter was short lived. Maybe he asked too many questions, or maybe he was just too young. Being 14 at the time, Wossoo was much younger than everyone else, and in hindsight realises that he may have been a bit annoying. Suffice to say one day in October 2006, he was at the bottom of the mountain hunting and was approached by The Dragon Lady Leve'Dara in her drake hide armour. Wossoo found himself kicked from the village, and the Dragon Lady made quick work of dispatching him to The Shroud via the red tunnel express.
Wossoo was completely shocked and upset. He was reduced only to owning a steel and flint, a bag of keeping, a writ of ownership and a useless key. Eir, Mayoress of Dark Citadel, was initially symapthetic towards Wossoo and may have offered him refuge, but Libilian Outlaws elders warned her against taking him in. Destitute, Wossoo found himself to be alone in a desolate and dangerous part of the wild lands, a traitor to the white lighters and blacklisted by the blacklighters.
He had no option but to flee to the homeserver.
New Beginnings in the Homelands
Wossoo found favour with a very sympathetic Game Master who converted him to the white light and teleported him to the home server. He knew he had it ridiculously easy, having avoided a near impossible journey to convert at the altar of three and then a long swim to the home server.
He found himself greeted by the sight of the newest incarnation of Newtown. On the 3rd of November, 2006, while he was considering his path, he had a dream that he was destined to become the King of Lómaner - a long-defeated kingdom of the backstory. From this day onwards, to loyalists he was known as The Leader of the Uprising Alliance and The King of Lomaner.
South Lake: The Birth of Lomaner
Wossoo joined with his old friends Shortass and Hacking who was setting up a deed on a tundra field at the coast of South Lake. Wossoo put Shortass in charge of building up the small base, and himself went to try to convince local towns and villages to swear their allegiance to his fledgling kingdom. Using IRC, the young King Wossoo had asked the Gods what he would need to do to persuade them to make his kingdom a reality. They told him that if he gathered enough people, that would consider making it an official kingdom. Incensed, this is why he went on a recruiting spree.
Unfortunately, with a poor management structure and inactivity on the part of some people, this incarnation of Lómaner collapsed.
Whosville and The Second Lomaner
Soon, Wossoo was invited by Horton, the Mayor of Whosville, to join his fine city. Wossoo took up this offer, and travelled there. He did not stay in the city long before finding his old friend Hacking and building a small camp across from The Abbey of Zarniwoop, assisted by a player named Dortund. It was during this time that player torches and lamps were implemented and this camp was bathed in the red light of The Second Lomaner.
When the Millennium - the year 1000NT - came, the Gods saw fit to erupt new volcanic islands into life from the very oceans. One of these new islands were spotted near to Wossoo's camp, and he wasted no time in moving there.
The Millennium Fort: The Third Lomaner
As soon as Wossoo reached the new island, he founded a settlement called The Millennium Fort. It was intended to control the whole island, which would become his petty Kingdom. No longer would he have to listen to others. He would be his own Lord and rule his own land - the Millennium Island - as he saw fit. Unfortunately, the Millennium Island was on the far side of the server and too distant for people to join. Other people tried to take portions of the island, and his companion Hacking had moved to a place called Serenity Lake which was much more central. Wossoo decided that to move to a better location was the best chance he had at making the Kingdom of Lómaner into a reality.
Serenity Lake: The Fourth Lomaner
Wossoo had moved to Serenity Lake in around February 2007. After just two days had charmed the settlement into pledging its allegiance to him, and it became the Capital of the Uprising Alliance and Kingdom of Lómaner. There he met one of the nicest players in Wurm - Amara - and they both became good friends. While this was the most successful incarnation of Lómaner on the homelands, as it was established already, Wossoo felt guilty that his Kingdom was on a home server which was PvE-only. In the end he recruited a mercenary group, The Elythria Company, led by Condottiero Echossaise, on a contract basis to form the grounds of a new established military force.
Wossoo had considered himself a follower of Libila even while on the homelands, and as such Lómaner too was seen as a blacklighter kingdom. Therefore, in early April 2007, he decided that he should accept an invitation from Libilian Outlaws to return to the wild lands. The invitation came as a surprise to him, but Libilian Outlaws had fallen on hard times at the hands of Silron and other white light settlements.
The Wildlands Armageddon
Instead of joining Libilian Outlaws directly, he was invited to join Blackwater, a new-ish village at the foot of Libilian Outlaws' mountain. Due to the intense power struggles at the time, it seemed unlikely that Wossoo would be able to set up a longer lasting incarnation of Lomaner here. In fact, it would probably have been destroyed very quickly by both blacklighters and white lighters equally, or worse ignored. So, he decided to bide his time and become a part of Horde of the Summoned as he had always wanted to be.
He doesn't remember much about the 24th April 2007. However, he does remember going to visit Rudie's new deed. He had arrived there and decided to log off in his mine. Little did he know that this was the last time he would ever play on that incarnation of his own account, just like everyone else in the game.
On April 25th 2007, the servers experienced a catastrophic total failure, and there was nothing the Gods could do to save characters or the map. Everything was gone. It was Wurmageddon.
Gold 2
New Beginnings in The Shroud
To be written.
To be deleted
Previously founded and owned "The Millennium Fort" but lack of resources and an awkward environment prompted a sudden unexpected move to Serenity lake where he now lives.
Wossoo lived with the kind people of Serenity Lake towards the end of Gold 1.
Founded The Uprising of Lómaner 3rd November 2006 and was once known to some as His Majesty, Wossoo, King and Leader of the Uprising Alliance and Kingdom of Lómaner. Unfortunately, the expansion of the kingdom was too rapid and consequently it crumbled and disbanded... at least for now.
Wossoo was Mining, Digging, Misc Items, Masonry and is a keen fighter.
Wossoo is also [Trollslayer] and [Ageless]
In addition, he is currently in the process of writing his story The Silenced Merchant.
By Wurmageddon, Wossoo had returned to the wild server as a black lighter.
